A review recently published found that videoconferencing therapy can help treat mental health disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder. With that in mind, UF researchers are attempting to expand the field of telemedicine to rural patients.
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When there was no sight of stopping the West Africa Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization turned to University of Florida biostatician Ira Longini for help.
Read More »New Study Shows Allergy Relief Through Probiotics
A UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study showed that taking a specific probiotic combination reduced the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis, or hay fever.
Read More »Mosquito Researcher Barry Alto Turns Focus To Zika Fight
WUFT News sat down with a UF professor of medical entomology, Barry Alto, who received a Florida Department of Health grant to improve the technology for detection of the Zika virus
Read More »UF Researchers Bring Back The Flavor Of Tomatoes
Better tasting tomatoes may soon make a comeback.
Read More »Another Swastika Wearer Spotted Near Rally To Commemorate Auschwitz Liberation
Students and the public met at Turlington Plaza to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of infamous Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. The rally comes in the wake of sightings of at least two men walking on UF's campus with swastikas on their clothing.
Read More »North Central Florida Hospitals Confident About Florida Economy Post-Obamacare
Repealing Obamacare could cost Florida 181,000 jobs by the end of 2019, a third of which originate from the health care sector, according to a recent report. Despite this, North Central Florida hospitals are confident about their operations post-Obamacare.
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Close to 350 houses in Wharton, Texas are under evacuation due to flooding. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Firefighters save a bear cub from bush fire.... That and more in 90 seconds.
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Blue Sailors Jellyfish wash ashore in South Florida beach that and more in 90 seconds
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